Marine data instrument mounting apparatus

A marine data instrument mounting apparatus for supporting a display unit of a marine data instrument, in which the display unit includes a housing, a display screen extending laterally across a front face of the housing, and a perimeter mounting flange at the front face protruding outwardly from a remaining portion of the housing in a direction of the display screen, the apparatus comprising:

• a base frame including a base member forming a bottom of the apparatus and two side walls extending upwardly from the base member at laterally spaced apart locations;
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• a pivot frame including a front wall having a display opening formed therein and two side flanges at opposing ends of the front wall, wherein the side flanges are pivotally coupled to the two side walls of the base frame respectively such that the pivot frame is pivotal relative to the base frame about a pivot axis between a stored position and a working position, wherein the front wall is in an upright orientation in the working position, and wherein the pivot frame protrudes a greater distance from the base member in the working position than in the stored position;
• wherein the front wall is arranged to support the perimeter mounting flange of the display unit in overlapping configuration with the front wall about a periphery of the display opening while the display opening in the front wall is sized to receive said remaining portion of the housing of the display unit inserted therein.

A marine data instrument mounting apparatus for supporting a transducer head of a marine data instrument relative to a supporting surface in which the transducer head includes mounting bore, the apparatus comprising:

• a pole extending longitudinally between a top end and a bottom end of the pole;
• a mounting frame arranged to support the pole relative to the supporting surface, the mounting frame being rotatable relative to the pole about a longitudinal axis of the pole;
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• a transducer mounting assembly supported on the bottom end of the pole, the transducer mounting assembly comprising:
• (i) a mounting body having a longitudinal axis;
• (ii) a first pivot coupling supporting the mounting body on the bottom end of the pole such that the mounting body is pivotal about a first pivot axis between a first mode in which the longitudinal axis of the mounting body is substantially parallel to the pole and a second mode in which the longitudinal axis of the mounting body is oriented transversely to the pole;
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• (iii) a second pivot coupling arranged for operative connection to the mounting bore of the transducer head so as to support the transducer head for pivotal movement relative to the mounting body about a second pivot axis oriented perpendicularly to the first pivot axis.